ability to be able to select glyphs available for fonts like you’re able to in the desktop app such as adding a swoosh or different ligatures for example

All we need is a Pencil Tool that behaves exactly like the desktop version.

A normal brush tool, that utilizes calligraphic, scatter, etc. Brushes like on the desktop version and allows for pressure sensitivity with the Apple Pencil. The blob brush allows for pressure sensitivity for tapering and whatnot but it creates fills. I would like a regular brush tool that allows for pressure sensitivity and keeps my paths, editable as paths.

As available on the desktop app, the ability to distort objects and outlined text would be a very welcome feature.

I need the ability to make a stroke get thinner from one end to the other. The "blob brush" does something similar, but it turns into an outline and not an editable path.

Awesome feature from Desktop version!!! It would be great if there a tool which can select all objects with the same fill and stroke color in one click

Having the warp feature where you can arch your design and etc. Is important!

Add guides and rulers to Illustrator iPad. It is very difficult to align objects and layouts accurately without them!

I looked around and didn't find a shortcut/gesture to deselect anything, especially after using the pencil tool, In the pencil tool on the desktop version, there is an option to choose whether you want to keep last drawn line selected, or to keep it unselected.

Gidon

You need an option for a transparent background. This is essential to my work.

I am a surface pattern designer, so please expand the pattern options tile types to include those available in AI desktop: brick by row, brick by column, and the hex options as well.

Distort & transform, Stylize, Warp, etc.

The star tool doesn't have the ability to change the number of points like the polygon tool does. if you could add your star and then add multiple points and adjust the "pointyness" like the desktop app that would be good

Create a setting to automatically arrange artboards easily and quickly, similar to the Rearrange All Artboards dialog box in the desktop app.

Like on the desktop version, an easy shortcut to select the needed color.